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Why Early Globalization Matters: Crash Course Big History #206 Instructional VideoWhy Early Globalization Matters: Crash Course Big History #206 Instructional Video
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Crash Course
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9th - Higher Ed
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Science
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Media Length
12:17
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15 mins
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Why Early Globalization Matters: Crash Course Big History #206

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What do potatoes, printing, and plague have to do with the global distribution of humans? An informative video explores globalization from the earliest migration of humans to today with a focus on these three common elements that prompt mass movement of large populations.

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Concepts

globalization, printing, potatoes, plagues, agricultural revolution, the printing press

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Share more details about the Irish Potato Famine
  • Currently, many countries have leaders that claim globalization is bad; debate the topic

Classroom Considerations

  • Relies heavily on knowledge from the prior videos in the series
  • The final video in a 16-part series
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • Graphics hold viewers' attention
  • Provides subtitles in English for the hearing impaired
  • Connects history and science topics

Cons

  • None

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